Subject - Mental Helath Nursing topic - National Mental Health Programme, Presented By Mohammed Haroon Rashid, Basic B.Sc Nursing 3rd Year in Florence College Of Nursing

2. NATIONAL MENTAL
HEALTH
PROGRAMME

3. INTRODUCTION
 1. The Govt. of india launched the national mental health
programme NMHP in 1962.
 2. Keeping in view the heavy burden of mental illness in
the community, and the absolute inadequacy of mental
health care infrastructure in the country to deal with it.
 3. Mental health is a level of psychological well-being.
 4. It is help the psychological state of someone who is
functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and
behavioural adjustment“.

4. DEFINITION :-
 According to “K.P Neeraja”
National Mental Health Programme is a modern scientific
knowledge can help to prevent and treat disabling mental
illness.Mental Health skill can be used to improve the quality of
general health science.
According to “Pawan sharma”
The national mental health programme improve the current
health delivery system. It is improve the general health
programme like family planning.

5. AIMS OF NATIONAL
MENTAL HEALTH
PROGRAMMES
1.
• Prevention and treatment.
2.
• Improve general health service.
3.
• Improve quality of life.

6. OBJECTIVE OF NATIONALMENTAL HEALTH
PROGRAMME
To prevent and treat psychiatric disorder
To promote community participation
To identify Mental Health in toatal population
To improve knowledge and general health care
To improve Quality of life
General Health and Social Development

7. Integration mental health with primary health care through the NMHP
Provision of tertiary care institutions for treatment of mental disorders
District Mental Health Programme
Research and Training in Mental Health Programme
Psychiatric Unit and Psychiatric Hospital
STRATEGIESOF NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH
PROGRAMME

8. APPROACHES OF NATIONAL MENTAL
HEALTH PROGRAMMES
Intrgration of mental health care services
Training of the existing health staff
The existing of general Health service

9. COMPONENT OF NATIONAL MENTAL
HELATH PROGRAMMES

10. COMPONENT OF NATIONAL MENTAL
HELATH PROGRAMMES

11. COMPONENT OF NATIONAL MENTAL
HELATH PROGRAMMES

12. RURAL MENTAL HEALTH
PROGRAMMES
 1. Use of mental health technology to improve general
health services.
 Management of psychiatric emergencies.
 Counselling in problem related to alcohol anddrug
abuse

13. URBAN MENTAL HEALTH
PROGRAMMES
 1. To decrease psychosocial problems.
 2. Improvement of quality of life.
 3. To reduce psychiatric disturbances.
 4. Management of psychiatric emergencies.

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